Literary Devices
"Now the sea would suck down, making cascades and waterfalls of retreating water..."
Personification
Is Ralph gaining or losing authority and power? How do we know?
Losing
What is the chant the boys say after they kill the pig?
"Kill the pig. Cut his throat. Bash him in"
Could the beast possibly harm the boys?
No
Explain the flashback in chapter 7 (NOT the dream we talked about)
A memory from before Ralph's mom left. They lived in a cottage with wild ponies and there were many books that Ralph remembered.
2 PART QUESTION:
"This day promised, like the others, to be a sunbath under a blue dome." What is the underlined an example of?
There are 2 literary devices in here. What are they?
Personification and Metaphor
The boys have now officially split into two groups. How did this happen?
Tension had been building between Jack and Ralph in these last two chapters. They got into a big argument. Jack suddenly announced that he was done being under Ralph's rule and left with his hunters.
In chapter 7, Ralph got caught up in something exciting after the hunt. What was it that got a little out of hand?
Robert acted like the pig and the boys acted like they were hunting him. It went a little too far and Robert got hurt.
"There was a speck above the island, a figure dropping swiftly beneath a parachute, a figure that hung with dangling limbs." What is this?
A parachuter who was shot down and fell from the sky
Why did Ralph not blow the conch in chapter 6 to call the meeting?
If nobody came to the meeting, he would lose his credibility as the leader.
"We're going to get buckets of rain."
Hyperbole
What did Jack raid Ralph's camp for?
Fire
What did Ralph accomplish in the hunt in chapter 7 that he was particularly proud of? He kept repeating it over and over.
"I hit him with my spear. I wounded him!"
Who is the Lord of the Flies?
The pig on the stick.
In chapter 6, most of the boys go and search for the beast. Who stayed back to look after the littleuns?
Piggy
2 PART QUESTION:
“I said, if you’re taken short you keep away from the fruit. That’s dirty!”
1. What is "taken short"?
2. What literary device is this?
Use the bathroom and colloquialism
At the beginning of Chapter 7, Ralph realizes he has become used to what?
Being dirty, having long hair, needing to brush his teeth.
Why did Jack's tribe put the pig's head on a stick and leave it on the beach?
As a peace offering for the beast.
There are two beasts. What/who are they?
The dead pilot and the pig on the stick (Lord of the Flies)
2 PART QUESTION:
1. Who moved the fire to the beach?
2. Why did the boys move the fire to the beach?
1. Ralph's tribe moved the fire to the beach.
2. Because the beast was on top of the mountain and they were afraid to go up there.
When the boys see the last group of pigs they are hunting, they see the following: "The largest sow of the lot. She was black and pink; and the great bladder of her belly was fringed with a row of piglets that slept or burrowed and squeaked."
Question: What is the situational irony here?
The boys are attacking a litter of piglets. Ironically, the boys are all attacking each other and they are like a litter of piglets themselves - helpless and needing their mothers.
One person was brave enough to go back to camp and tell Piggy that the boys will be back after dark. Who was it?
Simon
What is Jack hunting, other than pigs?
Power, authority, self-worth
What does the idea of a "beast" symbolize?
Fear, death, worry, darkness
TWO PART QUESTION:
1. What did the pig's head on the beach tell Simon to do?
2. What does the pig speaking to Simon represent?
1. It told him to go back to the other group.
2. It represents his subconscious mind.